Theme selection and installation in Wordpress - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Theme selection and installation

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a new WordPress website for a local bakery. The bakery owner wants a fresh, attractive look that fits their brand. You will select and install a theme to give the website a nice design.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to select a WordPress theme and install it to change the website's appearance.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable holding the theme name

Create a variable holding the theme URL

Use WordPress functions to install the theme from the URL

Activate the installed theme

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Selecting and installing themes is a common task when building or updating WordPress websites to match branding and style.

💼 Career

Web developers and site administrators often need to install and activate themes to customize WordPress sites for clients.

1

Set the theme name

Create a variable called theme_name and set it to the string 'bakery-theme'.

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# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a simple assignment to create the variable theme_name.

2

Set the theme download URL

Create a variable called theme_url and set it to the string 'https://example.com/themes/bakery-theme.zip'.

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theme_name = 'bakery-theme'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Assign the exact URL string to theme_url.

3

Install the theme from the URL

Use the WordPress function wp_remote_get() with theme_url to download the theme zip file. Then use WP_Theme_Installer to install the theme. Write code that calls wp_remote_get(theme_url) and stores the result in response.

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theme_name = 'bakery-theme'
theme_url = 'https://example.com/themes/bakery-theme.zip'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use wp_remote_get() to fetch the theme zip file from the URL.

4

Activate the installed theme

Use the WordPress function switch_theme() with the variable theme_name to activate the installed theme.

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theme_name = 'bakery-theme'
theme_url = 'https://example.com/themes/bakery-theme.zip'
response = wp_remote_get(theme_url)
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Call switch_theme() with theme_name to activate the theme.